Posted on 10/30/2005 10:59:31 PM PST by RWR8189
As President Bush prepares to make a new appointment to the Supreme Court, the lessons of the failed Miers nomination are still being absorbed.
One that deserves study is how a lightning-fast news cycle, a flat-footed defense and the growth of new media such as talk radio and blogs sank Ms. Miers's chances even before the megabuck special-interest groups could unload their first TV ad. Ms. Miers herself has told friends that she was astonished at how the Internet became a conveyor belt for skeptical mainstream media reports on her in addition to helping drive the debate.
The rapidity with which Supreme Court nominations can become full-scale political contests would astonish previous generations. While one out of five previous nominees to the highest court failed to be confirmed, the battles used to be far more gentle. Nominees didn't even show up at confirmation hearings until 1925.
But the role of the Supreme Court has changed since then. Many Americans now view it as a kind of superlegislature, micromanaging the abortion laws of 50 states, declaring state ballot measures invalid, and redefining the powers of eminent domain. So long as the court wields that much power, battles for each vacancy--the only opportunity Americans have to influence the direction of the courts--will be intense and divisive.
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Hey, anyone doubt that the pundits read FR.
He's been whining that the President didn't support him.
So now the petty little girlyman is going to nip at the President.
How pathetic. But then Lott was always a pathetic wimp.
Can verify that Brit said that about hosing Juan.
Funny part was: Camera immediately went to Juan and stayed on him for several moments. The look on his face was priceless: He didn't know whether to be mad or be insulted.
True!!! I heard Brit say it mayself.
Lott has been on my crap list since I found out how he prevented a real and honest impeachment of Klintoon. He was dickless when he was majority leader, but talks big now that he's just another vote in the senate. I have as much use for Trent "Bendsa" Lott as I do for Arlen "Scottish Law" Spectre.
As for Arlen, he is not looking well and I presume he will be replaced by Rendell sometime in the next Senate.
The bloggers are the new FREE press. The MSM, power elite, Beltway biggies and lobbyists will never again have unfettered rule and stealth power. We the People/ the Blogs -- are turning this country around. It is a new Revolution, and wondrous to see.
All your Supreme Court nominees are belong to us.
And it's up to us to get Alito confirmed. If the President's first term taught us anything, it was that he won't fight that fight by himself.
VERY WELL SAID.
Bush talks tough, but he can be a tower of jelly when not prodded.
That does not often happen.
Congratulations.
Considering his suffering, I will refrain from petty ugliness.
That's the best definition of the Miers issue that I've read. Well said.
Hariet Souter Gonzales - sign up date is 10/28/05.
I think all these Wash D.C. people need to read the Declaration of Independence AND MEMORIZE IT - it says,"of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, for the PEOPLE" .. not some smarmy liberal idiot's decision.
And .. it wasn't just the "bloggers and pendits" it was TALK RADIO TOO!!
Well .. nobody here on FR - who has a brain .. would ever side with anything Juan says.
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